1955 Pittsburgh Pirates

60-94 • 0.390 Win% • 8th in NL

📊 Season Record

60 Wins
94 Losses
0.390 Win %
8th Rank
560 R 767 RA
Diff -207

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⚡ Quick Stats

560 Runs Scored
767 Runs Allowed
-207 Run Diff
467K Attendance

📈 vs. 1955 NL Average

Batting Avg .243 6% below the 1955 league average (.258)
OBP .307 6% below the 1955 league average (.327)
SLG .296 15% below the 1955 league average (.349)
Team ERA 4.39 9% worse than the 1955 league average (4.04)
Runs Scored 560 20% below the 1955 league average (697 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 75
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Total Attendance 467,333
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Avg per Game 6,231

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Johnny O'Brien 0.299 2 Dale Long 0.291 3 Jerry Lynch 0.284 4 Dick Groat 0.267 5 George Freese 0.257

Home Runs

1 Frank Thomas 25 2 Dale Long 16 3 Gene Freese 14 4 Roberto Clemente 5 5 Jerry Lynch 5

RBI

1 Dale Long 79 2 Frank Thomas 72 3 Dick Groat 51 4 Roberto Clemente 47 5 Gene Freese 44
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dick Groat 151 521 45 139 0 0 4 51 38 26 0 0.267
Frank Thomas 142 510 72 125 0 0 25 72 60 76 2 0.245
Roberto Clemente 124 474 48 121 0 0 5 47 18 60 2 0.255
Gene Freese 134 455 69 115 0 0 14 44 34 57 5 0.253
Dale Long 131 419 59 122 0 0 16 79 48 72 0 0.291
Jerry Lynch 88 282 43 80 0 0 5 28 22 33 2 0.284
Johnny O'Brien 84 278 22 83 0 0 1 25 20 19 1 0.299
Jack Shepard 94 264 24 63 0 0 2 23 33 25 1 0.239
Dick Cole 77 239 16 54 0 0 0 21 18 22 0 0.226
Eddie O'Brien 75 236 26 55 0 0 0 8 18 13 4 0.233
Toby Atwell 71 207 21 44 0 0 1 18 40 16 0 0.213
George Freese 51 179 17 46 0 0 3 22 17 18 1 0.257
Preston Ward 84 179 16 38 0 0 5 25 22 28 0 0.212
Roman Mejias 71 167 14 36 0 0 3 21 9 13 1 0.216
Tom Saffell 73 113 21 19 0 0 1 3 15 22 1 0.168
Felipe Montemayor 36 95 10 20 0 0 2 8 18 24 1 0.211
Hardy Peterson 32 81 7 20 0 0 1 10 7 7 0 0.247
Vern Law 44 63 8 16 0 0 1 8 4 16 1 0.254
Bob Friend 44 61 3 10 0 0 0 4 3 15 0 0.164
Max Surkont 35 50 5 7 0 0 0 2 4 13 0 0.140
Sid Gordon 16 47 2 8 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 0.170
Dick Hall 21 40 3 7 0 0 1 3 6 5 0 0.175
Ron Kline 37 38 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 21 0 0.132
Dick Littlefield 35 34 1 6 0 0 0 3 4 15 0 0.176
Lino Donoso 25 27 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0.185
Roy Face 43 26 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0.115
Bob Purkey 14 19 1 6 0 0 1 4 0 4 0 0.316
Curtis Roberts 6 17 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.118
Earl Smith 5 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0.062
Nelson King 17 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Nick Koback 5 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.286
Al Grunwald 3 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
John Powers 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Ben Wade 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Roger Bowman 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Laurin Pepper 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Fred Waters 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Bell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Martin 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dick Smith 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Red Swanson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jake Thies 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bob Friend 2.83 2 Nelson King 2.98 3 Roy Face 3.58 4 Vern Law 3.81 5 Dick Hall 3.91

Wins

1 Bob Friend 14 2 Vern Law 10 3 Max Surkont 7 4 Dick Hall 6 5 Ron Kline 6

Strikeouts

1 Bob Friend 98 2 Roy Face 84 3 Max Surkont 84 4 Vern Law 82 5 Dick Littlefield 70
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Vern Law 10 10 3.81 43 24 1 200.2 61 82
Bob Friend 14 9 2.83 44 20 2 200.1 52 98
Max Surkont 7 14 5.57 35 22 2 166.1 78 84
Ron Kline 6 13 4.15 36 19 2 136.2 53 48
Dick Littlefield 5 12 5.12 35 17 0 130.0 68 70
Roy Face 5 7 3.58 42 10 5 125.2 40 84
Lino Donoso 4 6 5.31 25 9 1 95.0 35 38
Dick Hall 6 6 3.91 15 13 1 94.1 28 46
Bob Purkey 2 7 5.32 14 10 1 67.2 25 24
Nelson King 1 3 2.98 17 4 0 54.1 14 21
Ben Wade 0 1 3.21 11 1 1 28.0 14 7
Laurin Pepper 0 1 10.35 14 1 0 20.0 25 7
Roger Bowman 0 3 8.64 7 2 0 16.2 10 8
Al Grunwald 0 0 4.70 3 0 0 7.2 7 2
Paul Martin 0 1 14.14 7 1 0 7.0 17 3
Fred Waters 0 0 3.60 2 0 0 5.0 2 0
Jake Thies 0 1 4.91 1 1 0 3.2 3 0
Red Swanson 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 2.0 3 0
Bill Bell 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0

👥 Roster (42)

Toby Atwell Bill Bell Roger Bowman Roberto Clemente Dick Cole Lino Donoso Roy Face Gene Freese George Freese Bob Friend Sid Gordon Dick Groat +30 more

42 players

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